The Hack is BACK! Come out to the Jefferson Health Hack 2019, November 1-3! Free Food, Great Fun, Amazing Solutions… & Prizes!
About this Event
Reinventing Healthcare Access and Delivery at Jefferson Health Hack 2019

Sign up is Free! Participants MUST be 18 years or older!

Join us as we solve healthcare’s biggest challenges! Jefferson Health Hack is three days of problem solving, networking, collaboration, and a ton of fun!A healthcare hackathon thrives on the collision of different worlds, experiences, and cultures. It brings together people from multiple disciplines who may not work together otherwise, to dream up solutions for the most pressing issues in healthcare. These meetups can drive ideas and startups worth millions. They can also jump start significant improvements in our day-to-day practices.

Over 900 students from across the nation for 24 hours of creation, innovation, & fun. From seasoned coding veterans to first-time hackers from any major or field, all are welcome to join. Discover your ability to create change by developing technology to solve real-world problems, working with industry leaders, and collaborating with your peers.

Tech Track
The standard HackPSU experience. Learn new skills with workshops in everything from beginners Python to machine learning, and collaborate with team members to build something awesome. We’ll have tons of great mentors and other staff around to help you on your way. Choose this track if you’re passionate about technology and development.

Business Track
The alternative HackPSU experience. Here, you will pitch an innovative solution for a real-world tech problem facing today’s businesses. As a result, you have the opportunity to learn about today’s emerging technologies and collaborate with team members to present something awesome. Choose this track if you’re passionate about business and consulting.

Parallel to Technica, the largest all-women and non-binary hackathon in the nation, students will participate in the Research track at Technica The weekend event will bring together computing faculty from institutions across the state of Maryland to serve as mentors on projects in their research areas. Along with providing hands-on research experience in a dynamic hackathon setting, the weekend workshop will include sessions introducing attendees to the basics of computer science research (CSR) and highlight the exciting opportunities that come with pursuing a graduate degree in computer science.

Who Can Attend?

We welcome all women undergraduates from colleges and universities to apply. Current master’s students considering a PhD program may apply and will be considered on a case by case basis. Please apply by October 15th for best consideration. Applications will be accepted until Wednesday, October 23th if space is still availible.

Registration Process and Fees

Participants will have two options to experience this workshop.

Students who live more than 15 miles away from College Park, MD will be provided housing.

Students who live on or near the UMD campus (less than 15 miles away from College Park, MD) will not be provided housing.

Housing does not include Sunday, 11/10/19. Students are expected to check out Sunday morning before programming.

All meals, snacks, and supplies will be provided for both groups from Friday morning breakfast through Sunday lunch. Students are responsible for their own transportation to and from UMCP.

Technica is the world’s largest all-women and nonbinary hackathon, hosted annually at the University of Maryland.

Over the duration of 24 hours, women and non-binary people are immersed in tech culture and encouraged to exercise their imagination to create interesting and innovative hacks.

This year’s theme is “Go Beyond”. At Technica, we want to see women and non-binary folks thrive and go beyond society’s expectations for them. We encourage all attendees to take your tech journey beyond Technica. Don’t stop at our hackathon, attend others and keep creating. Technica is meant to catapult you further in your career, and help you to continue achieving. As you advance in your career, go beyond your duties at work, become a mentor and help to advance the next generation of women in tech. Whatever your goals and aspirations, remember you can always #GoBeyond.

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